Chap. 175.—An ACT to constitute the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall a
corporation; and to prescribe the powers, duties and functions of the corpora-
tion so created. (H 203]

Approved March 10, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. Section 1. The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall, estab-
lished pursuant to the terms and conditions of the deed of gift of
Gunston Hall from Louis Hertle to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
which deed of gift was accepted and approved by chapter one
hundred thirty-eight of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred
thirty-two, are hereby constituted a corporation under the name
and style of “The Board of Regents of Gunston Hall”, and as such
shall have and exercise such power and authority as is necessary
and proper to accomplish the purposes for which the board of
regents was appointed, including all the rights and powers con-
ferred by the deed of gift from Louis Hertle. The corporation
hereby created shall be subject to all the provisions and entitled to
all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities prescribed by
existing law, to the extent the same are applicable to like corpora-
tions and not inconsistent with this act.

Section 2, Members of the board of regents shall be appointed,
and vacancies on the board filled, as prescribed in the deed of gift.
The corporation shall adopt by-laws for its organization, govern-
ment and procedure, and may amend such by-laws from time to
time as it may deem advisable. It may adopt a corporate seal, and
may contract, and sue and be sued as in the case of other like
corporations.

Section 3. The corporation hereby created shall manage, con-
trol, maintain and operate on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Virginia the estate in Fairfax County, Virginia, known as “Gunston
Hall”, together with the buildings, contents, furnishings and
grounds thereof and any additions thereto, may accept, execute
and administer any trust in which it may have an interest under
the terms of the instrument creating the trust, and may accept
and administer gifts of real and personal property made for the
benefit of Gunston Hall. The powers conferred upon the Board
of Regents under the deed of gift from Louis Hertle, and on the
corporation by this act, may be exercised free of any supervision
and control by the Art Commission.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.